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HMS Royal Sovereign (1786) (4th)
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This the fourth Royal Sovereign was a 1st Rate 100-gun
ship-of-the-line.
Construction began in January 1774 and after spending twelve and a half years on the stocks she was finally launched on 4-Sep-1786, completed and sailed 26-Aug-1790. She was of 2,175 tons builders measurement, 184ft long and 52ft wide. She fought at Trafalgar and spent 1806 repairing the damage received. (See: Fleets after the Battle.) On 17-May-1825 she was re-named HMS Captain, and converted to a Receiving Ship at Plymouth. Broken up at Plymouth, August 1841. Won the Battle Honours: First of June 1794, Cornwallis' Retreat 1795 and Trafalgar 1805.
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05 December, 2012.
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